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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 61

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واذ قلتم يا موسى لن نصبر على طعام واحد فادع لنا ربك يخرج لنا مما تنبت الارض من بقلها وقثائها وفومها وعدسها وبصلها قال اتستبدلون الذي هو ادنى بالذي هو خير اهبطوا مصرا فان لكم ما سالتم وضربت عليهم الذلة والمسكنة وباءوا بغضب من الله ذلك بانهم كانوا يكفرون بايات الله ويقتلون النبيين بغير الحق ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون

And remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure One kind of food (always); So beseech thy Lord for us To produce for us of what the earth Groweth,—its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Will ye exchange The better for the worse? Go ye down to any town," And ye shall find what ye want!" They were covered with humiliation And misery; they drew On themselves the wrath of God. This because they went on Rejecting the Signs of God And slaying His Messengers Without just cause. This because they rebelled And went on transgressing.

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  • Verse 61 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 9

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  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قُلْتُمْyou saidqul'tum
  3. يَـٰمُوسَىٰO Musayāmūsā
  4. لَنNever (will)lan
  5. نَّصْبِرَwe endurenaṣbira
  6. عَلَىٰ[on]ʿalā
  7. طَعَامٍۢfoodṭaʿāmin
  8. وَٰحِدٍۢ(of) one (kind)wāḥidin
  9. فَٱدْعُso prayfa-ud'ʿu
  10. لَنَاfor uslanā
  11. رَبَّكَ(to) your Lordrabbaka
  12. يُخْرِجْto bring forthyukh'rij
  13. لَنَاfor uslanā
  14. مِمَّاout of whatmimmā
  15. تُنۢبِتُgrowstunbitu
  16. ٱلْأَرْضُthe earthl-arḍu
  17. مِنۢofmin
  18. بَقْلِهَاits herbsbaqlihā
  19. وَقِثَّآئِهَا[and] its cucumberswaqithāihā
  20. وَفُومِهَا[and] its garlicwafūmihā
  21. وَعَدَسِهَا[and] its lentilswaʿadasihā
  22. وَبَصَلِهَا ۖand its onionswabaṣalihā
  23. قَالَHe saidqāla
  24. أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَWould you exchangeatastabdilūna
  25. ٱلَّذِىthat whichalladhī
  26. هُوَ[it]huwa
  27. أَدْنَىٰ(is) inferioradnā
  28. بِٱلَّذِىfor that whichbi-alladhī
  29. هُوَ[it]huwa
  30. خَيْرٌ ۚ(is) betterkhayrun
  31. ٱهْبِطُوا۟Go downih'biṭū
  32. مِصْرًۭا(to) a citymiṣ'ran
  33. فَإِنَّso indeedfa-inna
  34. لَكُمfor youlakum
  35. مَّا(is) whatmā
  36. سَأَلْتُمْ ۗyou have asked (for)sa-altum
  37. وَضُرِبَتْAnd were struckwaḍuribat
  38. عَلَيْهِمُon themʿalayhimu
  39. ٱلذِّلَّةُthe humiliationl-dhilatu
  40. وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُand the miserywal-maskanatu
  41. وَبَآءُوand they drew on themselveswabāū
  42. بِغَضَبٍۢwrathbighaḍabin
  43. مِّنَofmina
  44. ٱللَّهِ ۗAllahl-lahi
  45. ذَٰلِكَThat (was)dhālika
  46. بِأَنَّهُمْbecause theybi-annahum
  47. كَانُوا۟used tokānū
  48. يَكْفُرُونَdisbelieveyakfurūna
  49. بِـَٔايَـٰتِin (the) Signsbiāyāti
  50. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  51. وَيَقْتُلُونَand killwayaqtulūna
  52. ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَthe Prophetsl-nabiyīna
  53. بِغَيْرِwithout (any)bighayri
  54. ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ[the] rightl-ḥaqi
  55. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  56. بِمَا(was) becausebimā
  57. عَصَوا۟they disobeyedʿaṣaw
  58. وَّكَانُوا۟and they werewakānū
  59. يَعْتَدُونَtransgressingyaʿtadūna

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